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NASA debunks 2012 Mayan disaster scenario
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-10 10:16:48
The movie ‘2012’ has gotten some people wondering if the world really will come to an end on December 21, 2012, based on writings from the ancient Mayan culture. NASA says it’s just a global disaster movie and the Mayans didn’t predict the end of Earth, only the end of a calendar cycle. Calm down! Everything is ok!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-10 10:16:48
The movie ‘2012’ has gotten some people wondering if the world really will come to an end on December 21, 2012, based on writings from the ancient Mayan culture. NASA says it’s just a global disaster movie and the Mayans didn’t predict the end of Earth, only the end of a calendar cycle. Calm down! Everything is ok!
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Linux celebrates its 1234567890'th breath
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-12 23:35:14
How do you measure time on a computer? If you're using a UNIX-like operating system, such as Linux, AIX, Solaris and others, time is counted as the number of seconds since an event known as "the epoch." It just so happens February 13th 2009, is the day that 1234567890 seconds tick over.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-12 23:35:14
How do you measure time on a computer? If you're using a UNIX-like operating system, such as Linux, AIX, Solaris and others, time is counted as the number of seconds since an event known as "the epoch." It just so happens February 13th 2009, is the day that 1234567890 seconds tick over.
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Official timekeepers add one second to 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-28 16:41:20
If you think the year 2008 was bad, now you have to put up with it for another second. At the stroke of midnight in London, England, a leap second will be added to the end of 2008. This leap-second addition takes place periodically, with the last one added in 2005.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-28 16:41:20
If you think the year 2008 was bad, now you have to put up with it for another second. At the stroke of midnight in London, England, a leap second will be added to the end of 2008. This leap-second addition takes place periodically, with the last one added in 2005.
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Need a 2009 calendar of the International Space Station?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-10 13:20:33
NASA has you covered, with the International Space Station 2009 calendar available online. And, it’s lucky the universe is expanding because it (almost) needs to be larger just to accommodate all the information found on the calendar about the ISS and other important U.S. space facts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-10 13:20:33
NASA has you covered, with the International Space Station 2009 calendar available online. And, it’s lucky the universe is expanding because it (almost) needs to be larger just to accommodate all the information found on the calendar about the ISS and other important U.S. space facts.
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Quantum encryption broken with time travel?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 09:33:05
The field of quantum mechanics allows security codes to be sent completely free of being detected and read. However, U.S. scientists say they could break these quantum encryption codes with time travel, specifically, wormholes. That is, if wormholes exist?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 09:33:05
The field of quantum mechanics allows security codes to be sent completely free of being detected and read. However, U.S. scientists say they could break these quantum encryption codes with time travel, specifically, wormholes. That is, if wormholes exist?
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Timely warnings from Telstra and Microsoft for early DST start
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-01 23:09:09
Several Australian states will go forward an hour this Sunday, October 5th at 2am, as Daylight Saving starts again for the year, but "watch" out – some of your devices or computers might not automatically make the change. Here’s what to do...
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-01 23:09:09
Several Australian states will go forward an hour this Sunday, October 5th at 2am, as Daylight Saving starts again for the year, but "watch" out – some of your devices or computers might not automatically make the change. Here’s what to do...
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Stephen Hawking and the giant time-eating grasshopper
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-21 10:30:55
One is an inventor who made his fortune from developing the kettle thermostat, one is a world famous physicist who made his name explaining time, and one has been dead for 232 years. Together, this unlikely trio have brought us perhaps the oddest clock on the planet.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-21 10:30:55
One is an inventor who made his fortune from developing the kettle thermostat, one is a world famous physicist who made his name explaining time, and one has been dead for 232 years. Together, this unlikely trio have brought us perhaps the oddest clock on the planet.
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Does extended daylight saving time help?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-03-08 09:29:03
According to a California study conducted in Indiana, extended daylight-savings time (eDST) was supposed to save energy in the United States, but it doesn’t.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-03-08 09:29:03
According to a California study conducted in Indiana, extended daylight-savings time (eDST) was supposed to save energy in the United States, but it doesn’t.
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